All Poland articles – Page 5

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    In depth

    Poland: Airport scheme catalyses high speed network plan

    2023-03-09T12:00:00Z

    Government plans to build a central airport and make it the hub of a revamped passenger network for Poland will require the construction of 1 981 km of new lines, almost half of which will be dedicated high speed corridors. Work on the Warszawa – Łódź route is due to start next year. Benjámin Zelki  reports.

  • LKA Pesa EMU impression
    News

    Łódź orders EMUs to handle growing ridership

    2023-02-28T06:00:00Z

    POLAND: Łódź voivodship has awarded Pesa Bydgoszcz a contract to supply four three-car Regio160 electric multiple-units.

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    Metro Report International

    Warszawa plans three more metro lines by 2050

    2023-02-23T11:37:00Z

    POLAND: Mayor of Warszawa Rafał Trzaskowski has presented a public transport master plan presented that envisages expanding the metro network from three lines totalling 41·5 km to five lines totalling 113 km by 2050. Infill stations would be built on Line M1 at Plac Konstytucji at ...

  • Traxx locomotive for Railpool
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    Railpool orders more Traxx locos

    2023-02-22T14:16:00Z

    EUROPE: Leasing company Railpool has awarded Alstom a framework contract for the supply of up to 42 Traxx AC3 and Traxx DC3 locomotives with a firm order for 27, the two companies announced on February 21. The locomotives are intended for use in Poland, Italy, Norway ...

  • PKP Energetyka
    News

    PKP Energetyka green energy initiative gets EU research funding

    2023-02-16T15:14:00Z

    POLAND: Traction power supply infrastructure company PKP Energetyka has signed a funding agreement with the Europe’s Rail research partnership. The funding to support energy-efficiency projects is worth an initial €3·4m in 2023-26 and could be worth a further €5·6m by 2031. This will be co-financed under ...

  • Poznań-based FPS H Cegielski has delivered the last of 81 coaches ordered by PKP Intercity.
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    PKP Intercity coaches delivered

    2023-02-06T15:01:00Z

    POLAND: Poznań-based FPS H Cegielski has delivered the last of 81 coaches ordered by PKP Intercity. The 700m złoty order signed in February 2018 included seven first-class compartment cars, 27 second-class open and 27 second-class compartment cars, 10 second-class open cars with spaces for eight bicycles ...

  • Polregio H Cegielski FPS EMU impression
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    Regional railways to be revitalised with 200-train framework agreements

    2023-01-30T12:24:00Z

    POLAND: Regional passenger operator Polregio has signed framework agreements with four manufacturers for the supply of up to 200 electric multiple-units which are intended to offer a step-change in quality on routes serving smaller towns. The agreements signed on January 25 enable H Cegielski FPS, Pesa ...

  • CPK Torpol
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    Rail project promoter to take stake in infrastructure contractor

    2023-01-30T11:59:00Z

    POLAND: Airport, rail and road project promoter Centralny Port Komunikacyjny has signed a preliminary agreement to purchase a controlling stake in rail infrastructure contractor Torpol, to mitigate the risk of the lack of adequate contractor resources to implement its plans to build 2 000 km of ...

  • Three Seas high speed rail map
    News

    Three Seas high speed network proposed to link Warszawa with Tallinn, Budapest, Praha and Kyiv

    2023-01-24T09:30:00Z

    EUROPE: Memoranda of understanding for co-operation on the development of new and enhanced rail links between capital cities in central and eastern Europe, including Kyiv, were signed at the Railway Direction Days 2023 conference in Warszawa.

  • Innofreight gauge change
    News

    Containerised coal overcomes the break-of-gauge

    2023-01-23T11:15:00Z

    EUROPE: Innofreight containers are being transferred from broad to standard gauge trains as part of a through journey for the first time. Russia’s attack on Ukraine has forced Poland to seek alternatives to Russian coal, but Polish ports have limited capacity to handle the required volumes. ...

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    Metro Report International

    Financing agreed for ‘pioneering’ Kraków tram PPP

    2023-01-13T12:00:00Z

    POLAND: Financing has been put in place for the fourth phase of the Kraków Fast Tramway project, in what the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development says will be the first PPP in the Polish tramway infrastructure sector. The 4·5 km, 10-stop link between the Mistrzejowice terminus ...

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    Metro Report International

    Tramwaje Śląskie network extended

    2022-12-21T12:25:00Z

    POLAND: An extension of the Tramwaje Śląskie network from Zagórze Petla to Zagórze Rondo Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec was opened for revenue service on December 15.

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    Metro Report International

    Łódź tram unveiled

    2022-12-16T12:00:00Z

    POLAND: The first of 30 Moderus Gamma LF06AC trams which Poznań-based Modertrans is supplying to MPK-Łódź was unveiled on December 8. The 1 000 mm gauge five-section 80% low-floor unidirectional tram is 32 m long. Features included air-conditioning, passenger information systems, LED ...

  • ADY Stadler Flirt DMU impression
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    Stadler relocates Flirt production from Belarus to Poland

    2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: Stadler Rail has switched the production of Flirt multiple-units being built for Azerbaijan Railways from its Fanipol plant in Belarus to Siedlce in Poland. National railway ADY ordered four Flirt DMUs and six EMUs in November 2019. These were due to be assembled at the ...

  • CPK high speed line map
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    Warszawa – Łódź high speed line planning contracts awarded

    2022-11-25T11:09:00Z

    POLAND: Three contracts totalling 300m złoty have been awarded to support the development of a 350 km/h high speed line from Warszawa to Łódź. The three contracts announced on November 23 form part of the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny programme to build a major airport, 2 000 ...

  • German-Polish border between Angermünde and Szczecin (Photo: Deutsche Bahn/Volker Emersleben)
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    Germany – Poland service to be enhanced under next operating contract

    2022-11-16T12:14:00Z

    EUROPE: The German Länder of Berlin and Brandenburg have awarded DB Regio Nordost the Netz Berlin–Stettin operating contract covering enhanced passenger services between the German capital and the Polish city of Szczecin. Announcing the contract award on November 14, Brandenburg’s Transport Minister Guido Beermann said this ...

  • Arriva Kujawsko-Pomorskie contract
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    Polish regional operating contracts awarded

    2022-10-28T11:37:00Z

    POLAND: Kujawsko–Pomorskie voivodship has awarded incumbents and sole bidders Arriva and Polregio tendered eight-year contracts to operate local passenger train services until December 2030. The voivodship was a pioneer in opening the Polish passenger rail market. Arriva said ‘15 years of joint activities show that co–operation ...

  • Flirt-Zachodnia
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    Eastern Europe: Adding capacity in Poland’s capital

    2022-10-24T13:00:00Z

    Modernisation of the busy east-west cross-city route and construction of a second cross-city tunnel in the Polish capital during 2023-27 will generate much-needed capacity. Elsewhere in the Mazowieckie voivodship surrounding Warszawa, there are plans to build new lines and reopen old ones. Benjámin Zelki  reports.

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    PKP reborn as a holding company

    2022-10-22T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: Polish State Railways has been formally restructured as a holding company under a programme to make the railway more competitive as the European rail market continues to open up. PKP Group is formed of 18 companies led by PKP SA, which is 100% owned by ...

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    Eastern Europe: War and supply chain turmoil put rail growth at risk

    2022-10-18T12:30:00Z

    A deal which closed in January to create a joint venture with Slovenia’s state railway to run the SŽ-Tovorni Promet freight business is the latest in a series of expansionist moves by Czech private operator EP Logistics International. But future growth is under threat as the market outlook worsens, Executive Director Zbigniew Klepacki explains to Nick Kingsley.